Monday, May 11, 2015

This plastic toy is based on the Auto Union Rekordwagen Typ B "Lucca" from 1935. It was made under different sizes, colours and numbers by the US toy company Renwal and renamed "Speed King" (Dinky toys UK also made a version but kept the original maker of the car on the box).

How can you not go fast in such a thing ? It's flying even standing still.

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Before the European Community went bezerk regarding toys in food packages, it was common to have a little surprise in potato chips packs. The Italians, well, they went premium with this figurine of Capitan Futuro. Assemble limbs to body and voilá... ready to play.

Capitan Futuro, Sorpresina Patatine PAI, Italy, 1980's

The nice thing is they respected the correct colors of the figurine (sorry Popy !) and the figurine has a lot of detailing for something that was given for free.

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Sometimes the "less is better" can apply directly to the toy-design world. This is definitely one example.. These 2 rather flimsy space toys were made by the Reliable company in Canada and ooze classic Sci-Fi design. Fins ? Check ! - Curves ? Check ! - and look at all these windows ! They seem to be cruise ships on the sea of stars...

Strangely, they have different coloured wheels and axles between front and back.

About Me

My name is Geoffrey Peeters, born in Brussels (Belgium) in 1971. Part of the "génération Goldorak" and never left my childhood heroes. Lived in the Netherlands for a while, then Chicago. Now I am in Portugal (Lisbon). I started collecting toys at a very tender age due to my father, who introduced me to swap meets and toy shows and every type of flea market available. The bug never left and it seems it is running down the line in the family...